Door-securing device.



F. S. GALLAGHER.

DOOR SECURING DEVICE.

V APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23, 1915. 1,168,878. Patented 12.11.18, 1916.

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FREDERICK S. GALLAGHER, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO CAMEL COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, .A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

, DOOR-SECURING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. v

Patented Jan. i8, 1916.

`Application filed March 23, 1915. Serial No. 16,5;17.

To all lwhom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FREDERIGKS. GALLA- GHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Yonkers, in the county of Vestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door- Securing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention `relates to devices for securing and sealing the door of a freightvcar or the like in closed position, and particularly to a construction whereby the sliding side door of a freight car may be secured and sealed after the car `has been loaded. In such constructions a hasp on the sliding door is commonly caused to move over a staple secured to a post or stationary frame meme ber of the car, a ysliding bolt or pin being then inserted through the staple above the hasp, the movable parts connected together' by a wire, and the ends of the wire sealed together. ln such devices difficulty is often experienced because of the breaking of the staple and other parts and the loss of some of the same, or removal thereof by unauthorized persons.

The object of my invention is to provide improvements of devices of the character referred to, intended to overcome such diiiiculties and to provide an efficientconstruction, which is economical in manufacture, and which cannot readily be tampered with. By my construction a casting or other metal frame member issecured toa post of the car frame. A separate staple is carried by this casting and is removable therefromk for replacement when broken. The staple and casting are so formed, however, as to prevent the removal of the staple without first removing the casting from the car, in one form of my construction, or without gaining access to the interior ,of the car, in another form of my construction. A. hasp carried by the car door encircles this stapley when the parts are in operative position, a sliding bolt` being dropped through a hole in the outer end of the staple, after the hasp has been positioned, to prevent they removal of the hasp. The bolt slides in a guide formed on the casting and is provided with a. lug

between the staple and the guide, which lug cannot pass through the guide, sothat the bolt cannot be removed without iirst removing the casting, in the one form of my con struction, or without removing the Lstaple from the interior of the car, in the other form referred to, of my construction. rlhe hasp is preferably provided with a lug kin line with the lug referred to on the bolt, and these lugs, as well as the portion of the staple in vertical alinement therewith, are provided with alined holes through which a sealing wire may bepassed. The bolt also preferably is provided with a pair of open-A ings therethrough which are above and below the staple, when the parts are in their operative positions. A sealing wire may be passed through these openings and around the staple if desired. My invention provides means by which the parts may be secured together in a variety of ways, so that even if the staple is broken at the hole for the sealing wire, or if the lug referred to on they locking bolt is broken, or if the lug referred to on the hasp is broken, openings `willy still be provided through which a sealing wire may be passed to seal the door in its closed position.

In order that a clearer understanding of my invention may be had, attention is hereby directed to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application and illustrating certain embodiments of my invention.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a front `elevation of a car door secured, in closed position, to a post of the car frame, Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 2--2k of Fig. 1, Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional detail corresponding to the left hand end of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is an enlarged front elevation of the securing devices Vshown in Fig. 2, Fig. `5 is partly an elevation at right angles to the view shown in Fig. i and partly in section on line 5-5 of Fig. 4;, and. Fig. 6 is a partial sectional view corresponding to F ig. 5, illustrating a modification of my invention.

Referring to the drawings, l have illus# trated at l the sliding side door of a freight car supported in the usual manner by rollers 2 on a track 3 securedto' the upper ends of the posts 4, 4 of the side frame of the car. Preferably a Z-bar 5 is vsecured to the front of post 4, this bar having a flange 6 parallel to the face of post et with an outwardly. curved yend 6', the door l being received be.-V hind iange when it is moved into its closed position. Door l has a hasp 7 secured thereto an opening 7 in the forward end thereof through which the staple isl adapted to pass. o

A casting or other suitable metallic'frame member 9 is secured to post 1 preferably by bolts passing through the flanges 10, 1()y of the casting, which bolts may be secured by nuts on the inner side of the car. The casting 9 has a horizontal opening 11 therethrough in which the staple 12 is mounted.

This staple, in `the form of my invention ila vertical passage therethrough, through which the lower portion of the bolt is adapted tol slide, it being understood that when the door is Closed, the hasp 7 is positioned over staple 12, on to its seat on casting 9 as shown, after which the bolt is dropped through the hole in the staple referred to,

yinto the position shown in Fig. 5, 'to prevent removal of the ha'sp.

H The bolt 16 is provided with an outwardly extending lug 17 on its forward face, adapted to rest, when the bolt has been operatively positioned, on the outer top surface o f staple 12. This lug cannot pass through the opening in guide-lug 15, and it i's therefore obvious that bolt 16 cannot be removed from its housing without iirst removing staple 12 from itsposition. The latter 'cannot be removed, in the form offmy device described, without lfirst unboltin'g, the casting 9 from the car frame, because of the engagement ofhead y13 of the rstaple 'in recess 14- between the car frame and the body of the casting 9. In assembling the device, it is necessary to insert the bolt 16 vin its guide 15, and then to insert staple 12 in its opening 11 in casting 9, from the inner end, before the casting is bolted to thekdoor post.

Hasp 7 is preferably provided with a lug 1'8 having an opening therethrough, through which bolt 16 extends when in its locking position, in line with the opening through which the bolt passes in staple 12. Thus thehasp 7 is provided with a portion extending in front ofthe locking bolt, which portion may be above the staple, or as is illustrated, below the staple. The alined outer 'portions of lug 17 on bolt 16, the staple, and the forward portion 18 of the hasp, lhave alined vertical openings 19, 20 and 21 extending therethrough, through whicha 'securing device may be passed when rthe bolt is in its locking position. I have illustrated a wire 22 as extended through these alined openings, the ends of the wire being sealed together at 23. The bolt is also preferably provided with openings 24 and 25 therethrough, which openings are positioned respectively above the staple and belo-w the lower portion of the hasp when the bolt is in its locking position. A sealing wiremaybeA extended through openings 24 and 25 around staple 12, either as an additional security, or as avvsubstitute for the sealing wire through alined openings 19, 2O and 21. Itis obvious that with the construction described, the bolt may be secured andsealed in its locking position in a number lof ways. Thus, if the lug 17 on bolt 16 is broken, the sealing wire may be passed through hole 2O in the end of the staple, hole 21 in the hasp and o oening 25 in the bolt, or if the li'l'g 1S on the asp is broken or is not used, the sealing wire may pass through hole 20 in the staple and hole 2-1 or 25'in the bolt. Or if lug 18 on the h'asp is broken or is not used, the wire may `pass through opening 20 in thest'aple and opening 19 in lug 17, if the latter is intact, or through opening 24 in the bolt if lug 27 is broken. If the staple is broken at hole 20 therethrough, the' sealing wire may pass through' openings 19 and 21, or '241 and 21, in the bolt and hasp respectively. It will be obvious that a Vnumber of such combinations can be made.

Tn Fig. 6 T have shown a modication of my invention in which staple 12 is provided with a shank 12 of reduced diameter, extending through post l of the car and secured on the inner side of the car frame by a 'nut 122 mounted on the threaded end of shank 12', the T-he'ad 13 of the form of staple first described being'omitted. In this form of my device, the staple is readily removed, if the same becomesV broken and it is desired to replace it, without lremoving the casting 9. y In this case, the staple is removed outwardly through its opening in the castingby any one having access to the interior of the car, upon removing nut 122.

It should be understood that my invention is not limited strictly to the exact details of 'construction described, but that the same inj cludes reasonable equivalents for the constructional features illustrated. v

Having now particularlyV described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is 4as follows Y Y 1. In door vsecuring devices, the combina- -tion of a yfixed frame member, a staple secured thereto, having a hole through the outer l"portion thereof, a hasp, adapted to 'encircle vsaid staple, yand a bolt slidable into position to extend through said hole in the staple,` said `-bol't having a lug on the outer side thereof, abovefsaid staple and adapted Ito seat thereon, yand said h asp having a lug thereon, in alinemen-t with said bolt lug,

immediately below said staple, and at the ico ion

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front side of said bolt, both of said lugs and said staple having alined openings there through, through which securing means may be passed, the said opening in the staple being at the outer side of the hole therethrough, through which said bolt extends, substantially as set forth.-

2. In door securing devices, the combination of a fixed frame member, a staple secured thereto, having a hole through the outer portion thereof, a hasp carried by a door adapted to encircle said staple, and a bolt slidab-le into position to extend through said hole in the staple, said bolt having a lug on the outer side thereof, and saidhasp having a lug in alinement with said bolt lug, said lugs having alined openings therethrough, When the parts are operatively positioned, through which securing means may be passed, substantially as set forth.

3. In door securing devices, the combination of a fixed frame member, a staple secured thereto, having a hole through the outer portion thereof, a hasp carried by a door, adapted to encircle said staple, and a bolt vertically slidable into position to extend through said hole in the staple, said hasp having a lug thereon at the front side of said bolt, immediately below and in alinement with the front end of said staple, so that said bolt, when operatively positioned, extends between the main portion of said hasp and said lug, Said lug and the front end of said staple having alined openings therethrough, through which securing means may be passed, said bolt also having an opening therethrough, through which the Securing means may additionally be passed, substantially as set forth.

4. In door securing devices, the combination of a fixed framemember, a staple secured thereto, having a hole through the outer portion thereof, a hasp carried by a door, adapted to encircle said staple, anda bolt slidable into position to extend through said hole in the staple, said bolt having a lug on the outer side thereof, and said hasp having a lug in alinement with said bolt lug, said lugs having alined openings therethrough, and said bolt having openings therethrough, above and below said staple, when the parts are operatively positioned, substantially as set forth.

5. In door securing devices, the combination of a frame member, a casting removably secured thereto, a staple extending out- Wardly through an opening in the casting f having a hole in the outer portion thereof, said staple having a flange on its inner end seated in a recess in the inner face of the casting, a movable member, a hasp thereon adapted to encircle the staple, and a locking member adapted to extend through the hole in said staple, substantially as set forth.

This specication signed and witnessed this 19th day of March, 1915.

FREDERICK S. GALLAGHER. -Witnesses J. O. EDMoNDs, I. MoIN'rosH.

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